Preclinical Comparison of the Blood-brain barrier Permeability of Osimertinib with Other EGFR TKIs.

Purpose: Osimertinib is a potent and selective EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) of both sensitizing and T790M resistance mutations. To treat metastatic brain disease, blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability is considered desirable for increasing clinical efficacy.

Experimental Design: We examined the level of brain penetration for 16 irreversible and reversible EGFR-TKIs using multiple and BBB preclinical models.

Synthesis and Preclinical Evaluation of 6-[F]Fluorine-α-methyl-l-tryptophan, a Novel PET Tracer for Measuring Tryptophan Uptake.

The positron emission tomography (PET) radioligand α-[C]methyl-l-tryptophan ([C]AMT) has been used to assess tryptophan metabolism in cancer, epilepsy, migraine, and autism. Despite its extensive application, the utility of this tracer is currently hampered by the short half-life of the radionuclide used for its labeling (C, = 20.4 min).

First Radiolabeling of a Ganglioside with a Positron Emitting Radionuclide: PET Demonstrates Low Exposure of Radiofluorinated GM1 in Non-human Primate Brain.

Gangliosides are biologically important glycolipids widely distributed in vertebrate cells. An important member of the ganglioside family is the monosialylganglioside GM1, which has been suggested as a potential therapeutic for Parkinson's disease. In the current study, a late-stage radiofluorination protocol was developed, in which fluorine-18 was introduced by substitution of a terminal tosyl group in the fatty acid backbone of GM1.

Automated synthesis and PET evaluation of both enantiomers of [¹⁸F]FMISO.

Introduction: [(18)F]FMISO, the widely used positron emission tomography (PET) hypoxia tracer, is a chiral compound clinically used as a racemic mixture. The purpose of this study was to synthesize the individual (R)- and the (S)- enantiomers of [(18)F]FMISO and compare their PET imaging characteristics.

Methods: The radiosynthesis of enantiopure (R)- and (S)-[(18)F]FMISO was based on Co(salen) (N,N'-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene)-1,2-cyclohexanediaminocobalt)-mediated opening of enantiopure epoxides with [(18)F]HF.